10 Unique Latvian Food & Drink Products You Must Try
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Latvians like many cultures love their food and Latvia has some fantastic food and drink products that you really must try if you come to visit. In this video let me take you through my 10 recommendations (and there are many more) that you should buy and try at least once. And there's a bonus item as well at the end of the video!
It was difficult to try to think of a list of only 10 items and indeed the title because there's so much to talk about so I probably need to do separate videos to cover Latvian beers, Latvian meats, Latvian dairy products, and Latvian baked products.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Piragi
3:00 Kanepju Sviests
4:50 Charcuterie / Smoked Meats
6:18 Kvass
8:33 Pelmeni
9:50 PiparKukas
11:47 Black Balsams
12:55 Vafelu Torte (Wafer Cake)
14:08 Dill Crisps
14:57 Karums / Sweet Cottage Cheese
17:07 Karums tasting with Nora
21:05 Bonus (Estonian) Product - Kama
22:49 Outro
In 2018 we left the UK to come to Gita’s family homestead here in north Latvia, not far from the Estonian border and now we live somewhere nowhere in the middle of a forest in a house built by Gita’s grandfather. We’re videoing our journey and trying to give you some insights into how we’re living here.
You can also find us on Instagram where we post different and more regular updates: / baltichomesteaders - Навчання та стиль
If you enjoyed this video you might also enjoy this one about making authentic BBQ shashlik kebabs ua-cam.com/video/nqToFejIVW0/v-deo.html
One of the best meals I ever had was in Ventspils: Pickled herring, boiled potatoes, sour cream and dill with a glass of kvass.
Thanks for this video! Going to Riga next week and just made a list of what to buy now
Enjoy your trip!
I like my piragi with cabbage and caraway!
Great video,very helpful. I'm Latvian myself and forgot about most of these foods,keep up the great content 👍🏻
Paldies....bija interesanti...par Kama nezināju.
Obligātai jāgašo ar jogurts
I loved how the smoked meats come out and you seemed to be struggling a bit speaking with your mouth watering.
Or maybe that was just me. Haha!
Ha! Yeah, it was my favourite bit. I used to part own a charcuterie business back in the UK so have a real interest. Lots of scope for future meat videos as so much to cover.
Very informative, coming to Riga around Easter, you poured very little of that balzam, that was quite suspicious 😂🥂👍🏼
A little goes a long way! :)
Hi neighbor and regards from Lithuania :) I'm so glad that I found your channel, it's so nice to see homesteaders "from real world" if you know what I mean :) And especially nice to see another homesteader from Baltic States. It's so nice to see that our people is so similar with traditions, food, names and other stuff :) We with my wife brought homestead not far from Latvian border and have a plan to move there full time. Trying to make videos just for ourselves, uploading to youtube, if you interesting, you are welcome to watch :) I'm subscribed to your channel and can't wait for next video. P.S. Your video "Malka" is a masterpiece, please do more! :)
Hey, sorry I missed this comment. I know we already spoke. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed Malka, I enjoyed making it. There will be more similar sometime :)
This is great video , well done
Thank you very much!
Dill pickle chips are a common "Lays" brand of chips in Canada. Ketchup is another variety that people tend to find weird haha.
Love the video. I miss the kvass from Lithuania. Hoping you make some more videos, especially about Latvian beer and charcuterie
Interesting, thanks. Yeah will be more vids on those subjects for sure. I want to explore snacks more on their own.
Yumm, I'd love to try that "cheesecake" item. You and your daughter are so cute trying them together. 😊😊
It's so good! Thank you :)
Grey peas & bacon would be nice.
Think that's more a dish. Perhaps if we do another Christmas film this year i'll include those as a traditional dish, thanks for the idea.
mmm... Grey peas and bacon. Now all that's missing is a pig snout and a large mug of cold kefir.
Hey !
Just bought karums from maxima, I have tasted with different flavors. I loved it ! :) :)
Please make part 2 with more delicious food
----- Greetings from India
Thank you! Will do!
"Dad, can you just make candy videos from now on?"
Absolutely adorable! Great video. Great choices and I'm looking forward to getting back and expanding my palette.
Thanks Scott. Well a confectionery (candy) video(s) is on the cards for sure. Any plans to come back post pandemic?
@@BalticHomesteaders Yes! Absolutely have plans (plural) to get back to my beloved Latvia.
Very good video :) What you do for a living in Latvia if you don't mind me asking?
Make videos :)
5:25 Ancient Latvian tradition: It if moves - smoke it.
I love potato crisps. Not sure if I'd like the dill ones though. (I like the ones with less salt) I do like your Mr Grumpy mug!
Adaži makes Forest Mushroom crisps. those are godly good. I personally dont like mushrooms but in crists they taste quite nice.
I have a bad cold wright now. So I've just opened one of those "Riga Black Balm" chocolate and mint flavor.. ;)
It’s a love it or hate it kind of flavour :)
I JUST found the Karums at a local international market in the USA they are pretty awesome! How are you supposed to store them? I can't find much info on them from where I'm from.. They were frozen when I bought them, but yours look soft. Do you keep the Frozen or just refrigerated?
For long storage keep frozen but they’ll keep and are purchased here in the fridge. They’ll last at least a week in the fridge.
@@BalticHomesteaders ahhh ok, I just put them in the fridge and will try when they soften up.
Thank you, lovely video! My mouth is watering. It’s not that easy to get Latvian products where I live in England. I totally agree with products. Great choice. Never tried estonian powder. I would also add Adazi tomato flavoured crisps, Vecriga cake (caki with an eclair type dough filled with some cottage cheese and cream) and medus kuka (honey cake), freshly baked pastries bought in bakeries and I absolutely love how now new york cheesecakes are made in Latvia buying in coffee shops.
Also to mention, that Black balsam was created in 18th century by a pharmacist and contains 45% of alcohol and a lot of herbs, that are believed helping to stay healthy. When you have a cold you can have a shot. It is popular to have with a black coffee as you mentioned, but also you can have it with blackcurrant juice heated up and it’s almost like a mouled wine and I actually prefer balsam hot drink.
I really need to do some videos separately about Latvian cakes! :)
I miss Mr and Mrs Lazden, they come to our country at start of world War 2, Germany invaded and destroyed their home and killed her Son. She adopted me as her daughter I helped her cook when little and as I grew older took her shopping. She always cooked special foods for us when they had company, invited us to their home but we left them to enjoy friends they had in Latvia. The meat filled roll is my comfort food as well as a lemon cookie that we kind of shaped into fingers.
What a wonderful story and experience for you. Thank you for sharing and watching the video.
No medus kūka!? Booooo! Just kidding, great video, never heard or tried the hemp butter, maybe i might get to this year depending on how things turn out.
You're right, I need to do a Latvian cakes video for sure - what indulgence for me :)
Christmas, noo, piragi all year around,.. easy translation is just bacon buns. Addictingly delicious, just don't be stingy on the bacon!!
You forgat about maizes zupa what is black bread sup
I can probably do a video on its own on Latvian puddings/deserts. I do like the black bread crumbs in the yogurts here.
Tere
This dude looks so angry he could pull me apart lol
His bark is worse than his bite :)
Sign me up for anything that contains sugar.
A Latvian confectionery video is defo on the cards.